Making it Work! Successful Leadership for English as an Additional Language (EAL) Students - Part II Prerequisite: Making it Work! Part I (offered Nov. 5 & 6, 2009) April 29 & 30, 2010
Presenter: Diana Turner, MECY, et al
Certification: 10 Contact Hours, Administrators’ Certification; 10 Contact Hours, Special Education, Certifcation
Counsellor Certification: Pending
This two day workshop builds on the learning established in Part I of Making it Work! Participation in Part I is a prerequisite to participation in this session.
As teachers and school leaders, participants must understand the essential skills required of classroom teachers to effectively teach students whose first language is neither English nor French. Participants will explore staffing needs, optimal professional learning opportunities for teachers, and resources available to support these needs.
The diversity of needs of EAL students includes the wide array of special learning needs as well as disrupted schooling and social-emotional trauma resulting from civil war and unrest as well as displacement. Participants will review promising practices to meet these diverse needs and discuss strategies to advocate for these students.
Strategies for linking the school with the parents and cultural community of its students will be developed and shared.
Credit will be granted for either Administrative Certification or Special Education Certification.
Prerequisite: Making it Work! Part I (offered Nov. 5 & 6, 2009)
April 29 & 30, 2010
Presenter: Diana Turner, MECY, et al
Certification: 10 Contact Hours, Administrators’ Certification; 10 Contact Hours, Special Education, Certifcation
Counsellor Certification: Pending
This two day workshop builds on the learning established in Part I of Making it Work! Participation in Part I is a prerequisite to participation in this session.
As teachers and school leaders, participants must understand the essential skills required of classroom teachers to effectively teach students whose first language is neither English nor French. Participants will explore staffing needs, optimal professional learning opportunities for teachers, and resources available to support these needs.
The diversity of needs of EAL students includes the wide array of special learning needs as well as disrupted schooling and social-emotional trauma resulting from civil war and unrest as well as displacement. Participants will review promising practices to meet these diverse needs and discuss strategies to advocate for these students.
Strategies for linking the school with the parents and cultural community of its students will be developed and shared.
Credit will be granted for either Administrative Certification or Special Education Certification.